GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) gave its assurance to consumers on Friday (May 7) that the supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat in Penang will be sufficient for the festive season.
Its state director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said the supply would still suffice even if the movement control order (MCO) is implemented in the state again.
“Consumers do not have to worry. The supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat for the festive season is guaranteed, ” he told reporters after conducting an inspection and monitoring of the Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme for Aidilfitri 2021 at Pasar Awam Bayan Baru on Friday.
Friday, 07 May 2021 05:04 PM MYT
Chicken traders are pictured at a wet market in Petaling Jaya March 25, 2020. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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GEORGE TOWN, May 7 The Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) today gave its assurance that the supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat in the state is sufficient for the festive season.
Its director, Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said the supply was also sufficient if the movement control order (MCO) was to be implemented in the state again.
“Consumers do not have to worry. The supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat for the festive season is guaranteed,” he told reporters after conducting an inspection and monitoring of the Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMMP) for Aidilfitri 2021 at Pasar Awam Bayan Baru today.
Going rate: Customers looking at a price list held by a poultry trader at the Batu Lanchang market in George Town. LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has issued 21 show-cause notices to chicken suppliers here under Ops Catut 8.0 for unreasonable price hike.
State director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said they were in the midst of identifying the cause and source of the price hike in markets and would continue to monitor retail prices.
“We will monitor the price hike through Ops Catut 8.0, which was launched on Thursday and will go on until April 22.
GEORGE TOWN: Fifteen out of 35 eateries checked here under Ops Catut 8.0 (Air Kosong) have been given show-cause notices to explain the high prices they charged for plain water.
The eateries were given five days to justify their prices after the notices were issued under Section 21 of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.
Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said up to Monday (April 12), price surveys showed eateries selling plain water at an average price of 50 sen.
“However, some businesses are selling a glass of plain water at RM1.
“As such, notices were issued to these business premises as they need to justify their prices, ” he said in a statement on Tuesday (April 13).